I am a long-time lurker who enjoys reading all of your suggestions everyday -- but now I need some help of my own! I have a 15 year old 8th grade student (aka:...
If he enjoyed Fallen Angels, then Myers' follow-up to it, Sunrise Over Fallujah is an absolute must read. Richie Perry's nephew, Robin deploys to Iraq. It's...
At one of my schools this year the girls (6th and 7th in particular) want to read romances or love stories as they put it. This is not one of my favorite...
Ibbotson's A Countess Below Stairs would be a great romance for them. It's an aged-up "Little Princess" story. Also they might really like Beastly, which is...
Sorry if you've seen this posted on other listservs, but we want to make sure the word gets out. If you're a school librarian, and you send in an anecdote...
I also have had a number of these types of kids. Believe it or not, they like the Beatrice Sparks edited books (eg: Go Ask Alice, Jay's Journal, etc). How...
I highly recommend the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz (I'm addicted to them). He might also like Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series, D.J. MacHale's ...
The Kimani Tru line of teen romances is popular with girls in 7th grade and up at our library. Sincerely, Melanie C. Duncan, MLS Reference Librarian Washington...
I would like to suggest HATCHET by Gary Paulson I knew this author has an interesting background but forgot all the details, so I've found the following link...
I have some suggestions as well. The Iain Lawrence series (adventure); Ken Oppel's adventure series Airborn and Skybreaker being the titles; K.M Grant and her...
Fallen Angels has a recently published sequel that features the character son in Iraq I think the title is Sunrise over Fallejah (My copy is at school) Linda...
Great suggestions! Â I'll add: Â Bottled Up by Jaye Murray Shadow Children series (Among the Hidden, etc.) by Margaret Peterson Haddix We Beat the Street:...
Amanda wrote: << I have a 15 year old 8th grade student (aka: older than his peers) who has just discovered he DOES like to read, as long as the content piques...
<< At one of my schools this year the girls (6th and 7th in particular) want to read romances or love stories as they put it. This is not one of my favorite...
Oh, how fun! Here are strong recs for that age: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - and,...
Thanks to everyone for their great suggestions -- this gives me some direction. I compiled the list of suggestions (minus any comments) for those who are...
I just found out that our school is implementing AR (almost) immediately. I run a workshop classroom and everything I have ever read about AR is about how...
I've been administering AR for one of my middle schools for ten years. It is not awful unless a school shapes it that way. Unfortunately I've heard plenty of...
Hi everyone, It's been quite quiet on the list lately, so I thought I'd toss out an idea I've been wondering about... I just finished doing some local school...
Today our eighth grade LA classes are taking an issues survey at http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/selectacandidate/ and are quite surprised...
Richie's Picks: SCAT by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, January 2009, 371p., ISBN: 978-0-375-83486-8; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-93486-5 "'Do you understand?' "Smoke crossed...
I have missed reading Richie's Picks. Seems like forever since the last post. When he is back, He IS BACK!! Yipppeeee. I love this post. I can't wait until...
CHAINS THE UNDERNEATH WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED THE SPETACULAR NOW THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS Richie Partington, MLIS Richie's Picks...
I am so thrilled for Laurie Halse Anderson. I LOVE her work. It must be such a rush for her. She is receiving the ALAN Award about two weeks after the NBA is...
... 39 Clues series. The kids would really like these books but the trade edition has those trading built into the cover. Does anyone know if a library...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
